The mean marks (out of $100$) of boys and girls in an examination are $70$ and $73$,respectively. If the mean marks of all the students in that examination is $71$,find the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls.

  • A
    $2 : 5$
  • B
    $2 : 3$
  • C
    $1 : 2$
  • D
    $2 : 1$

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